One person is dead and four more are injured after an Arab citizen in Israel stabbed them at a central transit hub on Monday.
A 20-year-old Druze Israeli reportedly began stabbing victims after exiting a bus in Haifa, Israel, the Times of Israel reported. The killer suffered from mental illness, the outlet reported, citing family members.
The knife attack is being treated as a “militant attack,” according to Fox News. A security guard and an armed civilian reportedly killed the attacker, who had recently returned to Israel after spending time abroad.
“My wife Sara and I extend our deepest condolences to the family of the victim of the horrific terrorist attack in Haifa, and we send our wishes for a speedy recovery to the injured,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement after the attack. “We will continue to fight those who seek to harm us – wherever they are – and we will defeat them.”
The sole casualty was a 70-year-old man who was stabbed in the back multiple times, the Times reported. Hassan Karim Dahamsheh was a resident of the Arab town of Kafr Kanna in Israel.
A 15-year-old boy was also among the injured, but is reportedly in stable condition after emergency surgery for his life-threatening injuries. Three others – a woman in her 70s and a man and woman in their 30s – were hospitalized with less severe wounds, the Times reported.